Gamboa Varela Jacqueline, Gates Kent S
Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 (USA).
Department of Biochemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211 (USA).
Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2015 Jun 22;54(26):7666-9. doi: 10.1002/anie.201502566. Epub 2015 May 12.
Interstrand DNA-DNA cross-links are highly toxic to cells because these lesions block the extraction of information from the genetic material. The pathways by which cells repair cross-links are important, but not well understood. The preparation of chemically well-defined cross-linked DNA substrates represents a significant challenge in the study of cross-link repair. Here a simple method is reported that employs "post-synthetic" modifications of commercially available 2'-deoxyoligonucleotides to install a single cross-link in high yield at a specified location within a DNA duplex. The cross-linking process exploits the formation of a hydrazone between a non-natural N(4) -amino-2'-deoxycytidine nucleobase and the aldehyde residue of an abasic site in duplex DNA. The resulting cross-link is stable under physiological conditions, but can be readily dissociated and re-formed through heating-cooling cycles.
链间DNA-DNA交联对细胞具有高度毒性,因为这些损伤会阻碍从遗传物质中提取信息。细胞修复交联的途径很重要,但尚未得到充分了解。在交联修复研究中,制备化学性质明确的交联DNA底物是一项重大挑战。本文报道了一种简单的方法,该方法利用市售2'-脱氧寡核苷酸的“合成后”修饰,在DNA双链体的特定位置以高产率安装单个交联。交联过程利用了非天然N(4)-氨基-2'-脱氧胞嘧啶核苷酸碱基与双链DNA中无碱基位点的醛残基之间腙的形成。所得交联在生理条件下稳定,但可通过加热-冷却循环轻易解离并重新形成。